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Full Monograph Available Online at ©Laura Stevens ©Javier Callejas, Louvre-Lens Tim Culbert Architect T C Tim Culbert :atelier culbert architects Rue Ste-Marguerite, 16 1950 Sion, Switzerland +41 79 964 04 07 +33 7 61 96 59 00 [email protected] @atelier culbert @timculbert_at_work www.timculbertarchitect.com Full monograph available online at www.timculbertarchitect.com ©Laura Stevens ©Javier Callejas, Louvre-Lens Tim Culbert Architect Tim Culbert has worked as an architect since attending Carnegie Mellon University and graduating from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris in 1984, under the philosopher and urbanist Paul Virilio. His peripatetic up-bringing between Japan, Switzerland and France has led him to run his own atelier as a deliberately collaborative endeavor, freely relocating his base every decade. Prior to establishing his own fi rm in 2001 in New York, h e worked with Jean Nouvel a nd Rem Koolhaas during the e arly years o f their practices and with I.M. Pei for m ore than a de cade on hi s late career projects in Japan, F rance and Luxembourg. Among the eight Pritzker architects he has worked with his recent collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA are the most noteworthy – both on museum projects – the later for the Louvre-Lens Museum where he was co-author of the completed building which was awarded Best Building of France in 2013 (Équerre d’Argent). He has been an adjunct professor at NYU Steinhardt School for Museum Studies – and innovative course in contemporary theory and practice of museum building – as well as a visiting thesis critic at a number of architectural sch ools, notably C olumbia University, Penn State, SCI-Ar c and École d’Architecture d e la Ville et des Territoires in Marne-la-Vallée , France . Culbert was nominated by UNESCO a s a United Nations Development Professional for museu ms and world herit age p rotection. Culbert’s des ign p r ac tice is cu r r ently com p leting an a d a p tive re us e p roj ect in C orsica, a serie s of sh or t span brid ges in C hina , awa rd e d in an in ter na tion al c om petit ion , and a s ust aina ble hos p it al ity m a ster p lan in O m an. A fte r frui tful c ollabo ra ti o ns b ase d in Dub a i an d B ei ji ng, an d hav ing w ork ed as an e xpa t ria te fo r ov er 25 y ea rs in J ap an , Franc e, ME N A SA a n d Japa n, 3 3 ye a rs a s a pra ctic ing arc h itect, he s eek s ne w g lob a l o pp or tu nities wi th c lients , a rch itecture pr a ct i ce s an d d e v elope rs w ith a cul tu r e of d ia l o g an d c reat i ve exchang e, cham pio nin g resilient design at all scales. Culbert has been a full member of the French Order of Architects since 1985 and the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects since 2016. Curriculum Vitæ Born in Washington, March 25, 1960, American Citizen, US Diplomatic Parents 1960 Lives in Tokyo, attends Japanese schools, and in Switzerland the International School of 1961- 1978 Geneva Attends Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1978-1979 Moves to Paris; Attends the École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris 1980-1985 Receives French Architectural Registration 1985 Receives Prix des Albums de la Jeune Architecture (Young Architects Award), by the Ministry 1986 of Culture Works with OMA in Rotterdam 1985-1986 Project Architect at Jean Nouvel Architect; Designs CLM/BBDO headquarters near Paris 1986-1988 with Nouvel, among a number of projects and museum competitions Enters I.M. Pei & Partners (later called PCF & Partners); works with Peter Rice on the fi rst 1989-1992 phase of the MUDAM Museum in Luxembourg, built within a UNESCO World Heritage site. As an Associate Partner at Pei’s fi rm Culbert was responsible for the 45,000 m² Cisco Headquarters competition on the banks of the Seine river against Richard Rodgers and HOK. Renamed Meudon Campus developed by Hines France, the projects is comprised of 5 offi ce buildings in a landscape site and roofs, designed with landscape architect Michel Desvignes. Completed in 2017, it won the Institute for Land Use European Award for offi ce design and environmental approach on a former Renault factory waterfront brown-site Hired to work directly with I. M. Pei on the Miho Museum, near Kyoto, 1992-1997 Japan. Architect in charge of design and site construction supervision, opened in 1997, the 250 million dollar project includes two tunnels and an asymmetrical cable-stay bridge to arrive at the mountain site. The early environmental approach used determined a project largely underground and landscape roof that merges with the existing mountain ridge. In addition to overseeing the bridge, building design and infrastructure - from start to completion - Culbert was also responsible for the design and implementation of the galleries and art installations Completes second phase of Peter Rice’s structure with RFR for the MUDAM Museum and 1997-2001 a proposal for an extension to the Rochefoucauld Chateau in France with I.M. Pei. Rises to Associate-Partner at I. M. Pei / PCF Culbert is instrumental in creating the team and securing a winning design with DS+R for 2000 the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), completed in 2006, the fi rst new art museum built in Boston in nearly 100 years Opens his own offi ce IMREY CULBERT LP in New York specializing in international 2001-2011 collaborations and museum projects, notably in Bangkok, Kuwait, Paris, Marseille, New York, Marrakech, Quebec, Nantes, Washington D.C., Algiers. Collaborates with RPBW, SANAA, David Adjaye, Barkow Leibinger, Tod Williams Billie Tsien on museum projects, both direct commissions and competitions. With I. M. Pei, Culbert completes the MUDAM Museum in Luxembourg (14 years after design start). Designs and oversees completion of the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC’s Chelsea, the SAAM/ Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Washington D. C. with Sir Norman Foster and the National Museum of the American Indian for the Smithsonian in New York among a number of projects under his own name. Nominated by UNESCO as a museum and world heritage expert for Arab Countries and ex-Yugoslavia, which brings Culbert to lecture and provide consultation on cultural and museum projects in Southern Europe, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain ©Peter Mikolas, Unterlinden Museum Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France ©Ruedi Walti Muscat Waterfront Masterplan, Oman 2005 Wins international competition for the Louvre-Lens Museum with SANAA, who he invites to join his NYC based team. As co-author of the design, Culbert opens a studio in Paris 2011 Dissolves IMREY CULBERT LP; Founds Atelier Culbert in New York & Paris; Completes the Museum of Textiles in the Grand Palace of Bangkok; Places second to OMA for the invited international competition for the Musée National des Beaux Arts de Quebec. Collaborates with David Adjaye for the SFMoMA expansion, awarded second place to Snohetta 2012 The 150 million euro Louvre-Lens Museum opens to the public, featuring an artist collaboration in the completed building with Yayoi Kusuma. Invited competition with Pei Partnership Architects and China State Construction Company for the new Parliament on the Bay of Algiers (project deferred) 2013-2014 Culbert partners with Los Angeles architectural fi rm wHY as Partner and Design Director on numerous museum projects including the Speed Art Museum gallery expansion, the Worcester Art Museum masterplan, the Biblioteca Alexandria Museum in Cairo and the Birmingham Museum of Art expansion January 2014 Louvre-Lens is named Best Building of the Year (France, 2013). Awarded Silver-T Award / l’Equerre d’Argent jointly with SANAA, previously given to Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & DeMeuron, Jean Nouvel among others, since its inception in 1986 - by President Hollande. September 2014 Collaborates with Jou Min Lin Architect of Taipei on the international competition for the Tainan Fine Arts Museum, awarded third place to Shigeru Ban’s winning scheme 2014-2016 Culbert joins Herzog & DeMeuron as Senior Architect and Director of Museum Construction, notably for the Unterlinden Museum expansion, in Colmar, France, which is opened by President Holland. Creates board for an art residency in a former XIII century Landmarked priory on the Island of Corsica, acting as the co-artistic director and architect for newly renovated art studios. Becomes a member of the Swiss Architects and Engineers professional registration board (SIA) 2016-2018 Moves to Dubai to set up a new satellite offi ce for Paris-based engineering practice Arep, as Head of Architecture overseeing high-rise designs, culture and hospitality masterplans to 1 million m² mixed-use waterfront sites in the UAE, and Oman. Culbert designs a dozen projects for several of the major Dubai-based developers, adding a focus on sustainability and ‘activated urbanism’ to their portfolios. Wins a major invited competition for 4 bridges and sculpture park along a major tributary canal in Beijing’s new Town Hall district, currently under construction (Summer 2017-2021). Competes in the international competition for the Cyprus Museum, showing Culbert’s continued focus on museum building and exhibit design 2018 Establishes a design and c onsulting practi ce Ate lie r Culb er t based in Sw itzer la nd w it h a f ocus on in nova tion and colla bo r ation in a stud io fo r m a t abl e t o take on su s taina ble loca l p rojec ts to large s cale urban a nd cultural de v elopm e nts across the glo be , notably in Eur ope, China and the UAE 2019-2021 M asterplan design by Atelier Culbert for thr ee townships in Switzerland, including private p roposals for a British d eveloper, for an hotel-wellness apartmen t complex, recreational b uilding and equestrian center.
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